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is a disinterested endeavor to establish a current of fresh and true ideas for literature to draw inspiration from. (disinterestness does not mean neutral as in uninvolved judges, rather it signifies a kind of disencumbered free-play.).

a disinterested endeavour to learn and propagate the best that has been known and thought in the world, and thus to establish a current of fresh and true ideas' for literature to draw inspiration from (49)disinterestness does not mean neutral as in uninvolved judges, rather it signifies a kind of disencumbered free-play. To transcend partisanship is not to be neutral, but to release oneself into a more profound level of play that does not recognize the values of partisanship. In 'The Function of Criticism at the Present Time'

is a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world.

I am bound by my own definition of criticism: a disinterested endeavor to learn and propagate the best that is known and thought in the world. (Matthew Arnold)

is a phoenix preoccupied with constructing its own funeral pyre, without any guarantee that a bigger and better phoenix will manifest itself as a result.

a phoenix preoccupied with constructing its own funeral pyre, without any guarantee that a bigger and better phoenix will manifest itself as a result.

is a pleasure which takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.

The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Jean de la Bruyere

is a sort of prolongation and deepening of poetic thought.

a sort of prolongation and deepening of poetic thought,'16

is a spirit of practical communism whereby those who cannot write read the works of those who can and write an additional book about them.

Modern literature seems at times to be animated by a spirit of practical communism: those who cannot write read the works of those who can and write an additional book about them.

is a standard of judging well, the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well... the chiefest part of which is to observe those excellencies which delight a reasonable reader. (John Dryden)

is a structure of knowledge about literature.

I think of criticism as a structure of knowledge about literature. If it isn't that it's not anything worth pursuing.

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